Active sensing

Course Description:

Sensing — whether it be through vision, touch, hearing, or smell — is an active process. It involves continuous sampling and processing of external information, as well as its selection and prioritization in space and time. In this course, we will (1) delve into cutting-edge research on active sensory perception in humans and other mammals, (2) explore how an active sensing approach advances artificial agents allowing robots to see, grasp, and navigate in space.

The course will cover three main topics: Active Vision, Active Touch, and Active Audition. For each topic, we will invite two experts—one representing the analytical side (e.g., biology, psychology, neuroscience) and the other the synthetic side (e.g., engineering, robotics, computer vision). Both experts will present their work on the same day, with two 1-hour lectures, followed by a student-led discussion.

Before the lectures, students will present and discuss key papers selected by the guest speakers in the journal club-like seminars.

Language:

English

Timeline:

The timeline is updated on a weekly basis.

Schedule and Venue:

When: Thursdays, 14:00-15:30
Where: TU Berlin, MAR Building (Marchstraße 23, 10587 Berlin), Room 2.057

Course Organizer:

Olga Shurygina.

More details to follow.

(Photo cover: Unsplash.com/Freddy-Marschall.)